Dr Carol Hon

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Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Engineering

PhD (Hong Kong Polytechnic University)

Carol is a Senior Lecturer and Research Fellow (DECRA) at the School of Architecture and Built Environment, Faculty of Engineering, Queensland University of Technology. Before joining the academia, she practiced in the quantity surveying profession. She has diversified research experience in construction management. Her research interests include:

  • construction safety and health
  • building information modelling education
  • mental health
  • gender diversity
  • construction industry development
  • professional ethics

She has published a research-based text book Safety of Repair, Maintenance, Minor Alteration, and Addition (RMAA) Works and published a number of papers in top-tiered academic journals such as Safety Science, ASCE Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, ASCE Journal of Management in Engineering, and Facilities. Her doctoral research won two territory-wide best doctoral dissertation awards in Hong Kong:

  • Champion- Construction Industry Council (CIC) Award (Doctoral Group) of the “Student Project Competition (SPC) 2011” organized by the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE) – Safety Specialist Committee (SSC).
  • OSH Best Project Award for the Academic Year 2011 organized by the Occupational Safety and Health Council of Hong Kong.

She is the co-investigator of the following research projects:

  • A Study on the Paradigm for Organizational Learning from Accidents in View of Resilient Safety Culture and Information Cognition. National Natural Science Foundation of China, RMB 480,000 (Approx. AUD 99,504), 2020-2023.
  • Electrical and Mechanical Safety in Repair, Maintenance, Alteration and Addition (RMAA) Works. General Research Fund of Research Grants Council in Hong Kong, HKD 675,647 (Approx. AUD 115,988), 2016-2019.
  • Research on Unsafe Group Behavior Emergence in Construction Projects Based on Artificial Societies. National Natural Science Foundation of China, RMB 615,000 (Approx. AUD 121,487), 2015-2018.
  • Construction Fatalities - Lessons Learnt and the Way Forward. HKPolyU Central Research Grant, HKD 105,000 (Approx. AUD 17500), 2015-2017.
  • Electrical and Mechanical Safety in Construction. Construction Industry Council Research Grant, HKD 605,682 (Approx. AUD 96,088), 2014-2015.
  • Improving Safety Communication of Ethnic Minorities in the Construction Industry. Central Policy Unit Public Policy Research Grant, HKD 488,750 (Approx. AUD 77,538) , 2014-2016.
  • Managing Construction Safety for Ethnic Minorities in Hong Kong. HKPolyU Central Research Grant, HKD 155,000 (Approx. AUD 24,590), 2013-2015

In 2020, she has taken up the Safety Theme Coordinator role of Building 4.0 CRC.

Additional information

Experience

Research

  • Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Building and Real Estate, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
  • Visiting Scholar, M.E. Rinker, Sr. School of Construction Management, The University of Florida
  • Research Associate, Department of Building and Real Estate, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Industry

  • BrisBIM Comittee
  • Assistant Quantity Surveyor, Davis Langdon and Seah Hong Kong Ltd.

Education

  • Graduate Certificate in Academic Practice, Queensland University of Technology (QUT)
  • Doctor of Philosophy, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
  • Master of Philosophy, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
  • Bachelor of Science in Surveying, The University of Hong Kong

Awards

Type
Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
Reference year
2021
Details
Best Mental Health Paper Runner-Up 2021, Joint CIB W099 & W123 Annual International Conference 2021 Changes & Innovations for Improved Wellbeing in Construction, 9 -10 September 2021.
Type
Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
Reference year
2019
Details
Finalist of the Best Research with Real World Impact, Science and Engineering Faculty Awards 2019
Type
Funding Award
Reference year
2019
Details
ARC Discovery for Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA)
Type
Funding Award
Reference year
2017
Details
QUT Strategic Links Phase 1 (AUD 2,000) Project Title: Modelling psychosocial risks of construction projects: Implications to suicide, health and safety.
Type
Fellowships
Reference year
2015
Details
ECARD/ VCRF Travel Fellowship AUD 7000. Establishing research collaborations with the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, the University of Hong Kong, and the City University of Hong Kong.
Type
Funding Award
Reference year
2015
Details
SEF Learning and Teaching Grant 2015 (AUD 15,000)Project Title: Gearing Up QUT for Collaborative Building Information Modelling (BIM) Education.
Type
Funding Award
Reference year
2013
Details
Sponsorship for writing a research-based textbook titled "Safety of Repair, Maintenance, Minor Alteration, and Addition Works" provided by Board of Education 2013 of The Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors, HKD 80,000 (AUD 10,959, at a rate AUD = HKD 7.3), Role: Co-author.
Type
Fellowships
Reference year
2012
Details
Postdoctoral Fellowship Award funded by the Faculty of Construction and Environment (FCE) Postdoctoral Fellowship Scheme (2011/12) of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, HKD 258,300 (Approx. AUD 35,384, at a rate of AUD 1 = HKD 7.3).
Type
Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
Reference year
2011
Details
OSH Best Project Award for the Academic Year 2011 organized by the Occupational Safety and Health Council of Hong Kong.
Type
Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
Reference year
2011
Details
Champion- Construction Industry Council (CIC) Award (Doctoral Group) of the Student Project Competition (SPC) 2011 organized by the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE) Safety Specialist Committee (SSC).

Publications

Current Supervisions

Completed Supervisions (Doctorate)

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